New experiences in and around Bangalore with the Mister.

23 May to 31 May 2017

We have been married for a year and a half exactly, I said to my husband and "We have been postponing our long vacation due to health reasons. Lets just go when you are better now." Just that and he nodded in agreement, telling me to book places with panoramic views and no visiting monuments!

I took that as a direction and designed this trip to help us rejuvenate completely. So the itinerary went like this.

1. Hop off the airplane > Take a cab to Nandi hills. Stay 2 days in the new Gandhi Nilaya. I was to be smitten totally you will see in the separate post on Nandi hills.
2. From the hills hit the Bangalore city and explore. Well the explore part did not happen as planned but had a lovely time meeting all the wonderful friends in my life in the 2 days that we were there. 
3. Mysore was not on the plan and Shrirangapattana I love enough to just chill there on the banks of the Kaveri but we visited the Shri Ranganath temple and Tipu's summer palace yet again. This time made sure I went to Ranganatitthu bird sanctuary. What an amazing experience paddling around in the boat watching not just birds but crocs too.

4. Finally spending 2 most beautiful and luxurious days on Crystal Estates in Pollibetta, Coorg. We lived our dream of staying on a plantation with a cook to churn out delicious meals, a butler and another helper to wait on us, a driver to take us around the estate. The entire plantation to ourselves almost!

Join me in the journey as I write down memories of this enchanting time...

Unique Mandya And Coorg

I had been inviting Charu to Blr for the last 5 yrs however she was not able to make it. Then a month ago Sumeet told me he would be visiting me for a week. It was Sapna's idea to bring along Charu and ofcourse the half ticket had already told me last time itself that he would come back for his summer vacs.

I began my planing, the idea was to make it memorable for Charu. She rarely gets to travel so while she was visiting I had to pack as much action as possible. The time frame 11th Apr 2010 to 16th Apr 2010.

I had done the KSTDC tour of Mysore and Srirangapatna so planning that part was easy. I wanted it to be a mix of what I had not seen and where I had already visited. Part playing safe and part taking a risk to explore in this summer season.

So if you want to join me on this journey that I am accounting here follow on...

• Climb the hill in Melkote with me
• Enjoy the hailstorm in Srirangapatna
• Find Tibet in the hot plains of Coorg. Turn left into Bylakuppe
• Scamper around the bamboo forest and tree houses at Nisargadham
• Soak in the golden hues of  the sunset and sunrise in Madikeri
• Spot the Kerala influence and Kodagu women in Bhagmandala
• Bow at the Ugam (starting point) of Cauvery river, that's Talacauvery
• Get endeared by Elephants at Dubare
• Finally relish the grandeur of the Mysore

A post a day with unique experiences from the districts of Mandya and Coorg in Karnataka!